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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

      I saw a new installment of the 9-episode Star Wars saga in the theaters for the first time in 1978, at age 6. About to do so for the ninth & final time.

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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

      I am fully prepared to be both entertained & disappointed.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

      Rise of Skywalker was fun; JJ Abrams knows how to conjure movie magic. It was not art. Most - not all, but most - of its absurdities were baked into the film from the prior two & the general failure to plot the sequel trilogy in advance or even have a single creator for all 3.

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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

      I confess, I enjoyed the fourth wall breaking aspects of Abrams' assaults on Rian Johnson. "I was wrong."

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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

      The fan-service quotient of this movie was pretty damn high. Not unexpectedly. Also, Billy Dee Williams delivered all his lines like he was doing one of his old Colt 45 commercials, which was fantastic.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

      OTOH, we've gone the opposite end of the pendulum from midichlorians to having almost every appearance of The Force in this film - as well as the primary villain - being totally inexplicable & unexplained.pic.twitter.com/mQ9Auc77RL

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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

          But hey, at least we had a Star Wars movie without a planet-destroying superweapon with an easily-exploitable vulnerability perfectly suited to be targeted by a small but valiant strike force.

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

          The scene that best captured the ethos of Rise of Skywalker was when Poe admits to Lando that the new generation has no idea what they're doing and Lando more or less tells him to go back and watch the original movies. Preferably while drinking a smooth, refreshing Colt 45.

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        4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Dec 2019

          Anyway, if you've loved Star Wars movies in the past, give yourself permission to sit back & take in the spectacle of this one, one last time. Just enjoy it for what it is.

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